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Videogame Timeline

1966

Ralph Baer invents the ‘Brown Box’ for Sanders Associates.

1969

Oct. 29– First two nodes of Advanced Research Projects Agency Network(ARPANET) connected between UCLA’s School of Engineering and SRI International. Allows data to be transferred between points. Successive nodes would expand globally to become the internet.

Oct. 22– Konami releases Metal Gear Solid on the PlayStation in NA. Hideo Kojima proves that videogames could have Hollywood-caliber, cinematic narratives while pushing the unique opportunities of the medium to tell them.

Nov. 19– Valve releases Half-Life in NA. Changes the course of in-game, real time cinematics and player connected storytelling.

Nov. 23– Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in NA. Defines combat and level design in 3D world.

1999

Sept. 9– Sega launches the Dreamcast in NA. First console to have internet connection built in.

Aug. 25– Rocksteady Studios releases Batman: Arkham Asylum, considered the best comic-inspired game of all time. Introduces new attack/evade/counter gameplay that would be adopted by many other games for years later.